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So many people arguing here, completely missing the point of science. Whether to attempt to prive OR disprove Glass' ideas, one must think 'how can I test this

by Jedi72 8y ago

So many people arguing here, completely missing the point of science. Whether to attempt to prive OR disprove Glass' ideas, one must think 'how can I test this idea experimentally?'

s-shellfish 8y ago
I honestly don't think a lot of people here know how to think artistically, which is to think in a completely free way, independent of all existing rules, systems, comparisons, judgement. The latter aspect (rules, judgement) is fairly essential for the engineering aspect of technology as well as the business aspect of starting/developing/running a company - at least just to get the thing running to begin with. HN tends to gravitate towards these ideas in terms of conversation, even though much of the science aspect of 'what we do here' has or is being dealt with by a lot of people - enough that one can begin to be much more creative than say, a construction worker building a stage according to a predesignated specification, or a painter who has to make his/her paint from berries and leaves. Most discussions I've read here, most topics posted here - more often than not are extensions of this, having to do with hard science, physics, engineering, structure, building, designing, etc. Art is often only celebrated once it has achieved a certain degree of celebrity, or if it really ties into the hard science/engineering/business/systems side of things. Kind of ironic(?) considering Paul Graham's essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html Art is a process, as is experimentation. Mistakes will be made. They get corrected over time. It shouldn't matter who sees you make those mistakes as you do, but all of this is a consequence of 'groupthink' and feeling as though people are always watching you, judging every imperfection as though making errors are somehow detrimental to your entire functioning as a creative being. Errors teach, and as Bob Ross said, 'We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.'. That's a terrible philosophy when you have to calculate risk precisely, but not everything in life is about balancing risk.

by Jedi72 8y ago

So many people arguing here, completely missing the point of science. Whether to attempt to prive OR disprove Glass' ideas, one must think 'how can I test this idea experimentally?'

s-shellfish 8y ago

I honestly don't think a lot of people here know how to think artistically, which is to think in a completely free way, independent of all existing rules, systems, comparisons, judgement. The latter aspect (rules, judgement) is fairly essential for the engineering aspect of technology as well as the business aspect of starting/developing/running a company - at least just to get the thing running to begin with. HN tends to gravitate towards these ideas in terms of conversation, even though much of the science aspect of 'what we do here' has or is being dealt with by a lot of people - enough that one can begin to be much more creative than say, a construction worker building a stage according to a predesignated specification, or a painter who has to make his/her paint from berries and leaves. Most discussions I've read here, most topics posted here - more often than not are extensions of this, having to do with hard science, physics, engineering, structure, building, designing, etc. Art is often only celebrated once it has achieved a certain degree of celebrity, or if it really ties into the hard science/engineering/business/systems side of things. Kind of ironic(?) considering Paul Graham's essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html http://www.paulgraham.com/hp.html Art is a process, as is experimentation. Mistakes will be made. They get corrected over time. It shouldn't matter who sees you make those mistakes as you do, but all of this is a consequence of 'groupthink' and feeling as though people are always watching you, judging every imperfection as though making errors are somehow detrimental to your entire functioning as a creative being. Errors teach, and as Bob Ross said, 'We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.'. That's a terrible philosophy when you have to calculate risk precisely, but not everything in life is about balancing risk.